It is my pleasure to announce you both the following news: According to my arrangements with the discoverer Petr Pravec from Ondrejov Observatory two minor planets were named after you. Originally, this idea arose during dinner at the ACM in Berlin when I spoke with Peter Jenniskens. (During this occasion I realized, that Peter is the second very very suitable candidate).

I think that it can symbolize our very fruitful five year cooperation in Leonids. I never forget that Peter was the man who invited me to participate in expedition to China in 1998 with my FE all-sky photographic cameras. It was at Skalnate Pleso Observatory in High Tatras mountains, where I just installed new FE camera during conference Meteoroids 1998. By the way, according my personal feeling, the 1998 fireball show was the best from all five events I could observe.

I very appreciate your big organizational and scientific effort during this fantastic period. I am very happy that I (and also Jiri and other people from Ondrejov including my wife Anina) could be involved in these activities during all important Leonid events and that we obtained so much fantastic results and discoveries.

Thank you very much both of you.

All the best,
Pavel

Hello Pavel,
here are the citations about two new minor planets published in MPC 47170 from 20.11.2002.
Regards, Petr Pravec
(42924) Betlem = 1999 TJ2
Discovered 1999 Oct. 2 at Ondrejov.
Hans Betlem (b. 1954), Dutch amateur meteor astronomer and founder
of the Dutch Meteor Society, is well known for his photographic
observations of major meteor streams and has published many precise
trajectories and orbits of meteors. He has organized several
successful Leonid expeditions.